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90_SB0510

      720 ILCS 5/31-4           from Ch. 38, par. 31-4
          Amends  the  Criminal  Code  of   1961.   Provides   that
      obstructing  justice  in furtherance of streetgang related or
      gang-related activity is a Class 3  felony  (now  a  Class  4
      felony).
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 1        AN  ACT  to  amend  the Criminal Code of 1961 by changing
 2    Section 31-4.
 3        Be it enacted by the People of  the  State  of  Illinois,
 4    represented in the General Assembly:
 5        Section  5.   The  Criminal  Code  of  1961 is amended by
 6    changing Section 31-4 as follows:
 7        (720 ILCS 5/31-4) (from Ch. 38, par. 31-4)
 8        Sec. 31-4. Obstructing justice.
 9        A person obstructs justice when, with intent  to  prevent
10    the  apprehension  or  obstruct the prosecution or defense of
11    any person, he knowingly commits any of the following acts:
12        (a)  Destroys, alters,  conceals  or  disguises  physical
13    evidence, plants false evidence, furnishes false information;
14    or
15        (b)  Induces  a  witness having knowledge material to the
16    subject at issue to leave the State or conceal himself; or
17        (c)  Possessing knowledge  material  to  the  subject  at
18    issue, he leaves the State or conceals himself.
19        (d)  Sentence.
20             (1)  Obstructing justice is a Class 4 felony, except
21        as provided in paragraph (2) of this subsection (d).
22             (2)  Obstructing    justice    in   furtherance   of
23        streetgang related or gang-related activity,  as  defined
24        in  Section  10  of  the  Illinois  Streetgang  Terrorism
25        Omnibus Prevention Act, is a Class 3 felony.
26    (Source: P.A. 77-2638.)

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